Clothes-washing appliance.



F. NOWAK. CLOTHES WASHING APPLIANCE. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 24, 1908.

920,987. Patented May 11, 1909.

FRANK NOWAK, or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-WASHING- APPLIANCE.

No. 920,987. specification of Application filed February 2 To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK NowAK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful 11a provements in fllothesVlashingAppliances, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to that class of clothes washing appliancescomprising ahan dle, on the lower end of which is a device intended toclean the clothes by forcing water through the same when the handle isvmanipulated up and down. In addition, myimproved construction has ribsorrubbers on the bottom which contact with the clothes and rub the samewhen a rotary motion is imparted to the handle at the same timethat thehandle is pressed or forced down on the clothes. My improved applianceis so constructed that during its 0 eration on the clothes a liberalquantity 0' water is played or oured upon and forced through the clot escausing their thorough cleansing and also at the same time the rubbersassist in the cleaning action. a

On the accompanying drawing forming. a part of this s ecification and towhich reference should e made, I have illustrated a preferred anddesirable embodiment of my invention, and on'this drawing Figure 1 is aside elevation of the lower: portion of my clothes washing appliance,the handle being. broken away asis also a part or section of the outerconical casing; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, and in its lowerportion illustrates a central section through the-internal structure ofthe device, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the washing appliance.

On the lower end of the handle 10, only a portion of which is shown onthe drawing, I attach a sheet metal, preferably zinc, conical, inolosingor housing casing 11, which at its up er end is supplied with acylindrical soc et 12 which receives the lower end of the handle; thelatter being held therein by a plurality of screws13. As is clearlyillustrated in the drawing, the lower circular edge or margin of themetallic cone 11 is bent upwardly to form a smooth bead or roll 14 forthe obvious purpose of not injuring the, clothes during the washing orcleansing action of the device. The open bottom mouth of this cone isclosed by a smaller sheet metal cone frustum 15 held in place somewhat.within the mouth of the outer cone 11 by Letters Patent. 1 Patented May11, 1909.

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any suitable holding means, such as solder. "At its center, this conefrustum closure has a jdepending cylindrical chamber or casing 16 openat its bottom end and closed at its upper end by a top wall 1.7. As isshown, the lower margin or edge of this cylindrical casing or chamber issubstantially at the same level as the bottom edge of the outer cone 1].A' plurality, in the present instance three, of ho es or openings 18 areprovided in the internal conefrustum 15 and the top wall 17 is suppliedwith a corresponding number of smaller openings or holes 19. Connectingthe corresponding apertures of the cone frus- 'tum'15 and the to wall ofthe central chamber or casing 16 .I provide a plurality of tapered pipes20 which are reversely bent, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.The openings 18 are considerably larger than the apertures 19 so thatwhen the device is pressed down on the clothes and into the water in thetub containing the clothes this liquid is forced upwardly through theopenings 18 into the pipes 20 and is discharged through the latter andthe orts or apertures 19 centrally on the top of the clothes. Since thepipes 20 are tapered as described, the water issues from the mouths orapertures 19 at a much greater velocity than that at which it enters theadmission openings 18, the result being that the water is poured orplayed on the clothes in such a'manner as to effectively and eflicientlyremove the dirt from the soiled clothes.

In the large lower-mouth of the inolosing cone 11, below the conefrustum 15 and disposed between the apertures 18, I provide a pluralityof ribs or rubbers 21 which radiate from the external surface of thecentral chamber or casing 16 to the wall of the housmg] cone 11, thelower edges of these ribs or ru bers being substantially in the sameplane as the lower margins or edges of the cone 11 and chamber 16. As isillustrated, these ribs increase in width as they approach the bottomsurface of the metal cone frustum 15 and therefore aid in directing thewater to the apertures 18.

The operation of this device is substantially as follows: Assuming thatthe soiled or dirty clothes have been placed in a tub of the usual andordinary construction with a liberal supply of soapy water, the clothesare acted u on by my improved washing appliance y an operator ormanipulator pressing or forcing the same downwardly into the water andonto the clothes, at the same time turning the appliance in the hands sothat the rubbers or ribs 21 during this rotary motion may rub theclothes and assist in the cleansing action. When the bottom of the cone11 enters the water the latter, on continued downward movement of theappli ance, passes into the tubes or pipes 20 and issues through thedischarge openings 19 with a considerably increased velocity and poursupon the top of the clothes also aiding in the cleaning of the clothesacted upon. Not only is this cleansing soapy water played or poured uponthe top of the clothes, but since the clothes have somewhat a tendencyto float more or less in the water in the tub the water is also forcedupwardly through the same when my washing appliance is pressed down onthe top of the clothes as described above. It is obvious therefore thatby the combination of rubbing the clothes, forcing the water through thesame and playing or pouring the water at a considerable velocity on topof the clothes a thorough cleaning and cleansing action occurs.

Although I have described with some degree of particularity the exactstructural features of my improved device, my invention is not limitedto the precise construction shown and described, and hence this may bevaried Within wide limits without departing from the heart and substanceof my invention; for example, the exact shapes of the 5 various parts ofmy washing device are quite immaterial and the number of ribs or rubbers and pipes or tubes may be varied or modified as found desirable ornecessary.

I claim:

1. In clothes washing appliances of the character described, thecombination of a handle, a cone shaped inclosing casing fixed to thelower endof said handle, a closure for the open bottom mouth of saidcasing, and a tapered, reversibly bent pipe in said casing, having aliquid admission mouth at one end through said closure, and at its otherend a discharge mouth, substantially as described.

2. In clothes washing appliances oi the character described, thecombination of a handle, a cone-shaped inclosing casing fixed to thelower end of said handle, a closure for the open bottom mouth of saidcasing, and a plurality of tapered reversely bent pipes in said casingeach having a liquid admission mouth at one end through said closure andat its other end a discharge mouth nearer the axis of the casing thanits admission mouth, substantially as described.

3. In a clothes washing appliance ol' the character described, thecombination of a handle, a cone-shaped inclosing casing lixed to thelower end of said handle, a closure for the mouth of said casing in theformv of a cone lrustum, a chamber centrally located in said conefrustum closure, and a plurality of reversely-bent tapered pipes withliquid admission months at one end. through said closure, and smallerdischarge months at their other ends through the top wall of saidcentral chamber, substantially as described.

4:. In a clothes washing appliance of the character described, thecombination of a handle, a cone-shaped inclosing casing fixed to thelower end of said handle, a closure for the mouth of said vessel in theform ol a cone irustum, a chamber centrally located in said cone frustumclosure extended downwardly substantially to the lower margin of thesaid outer cone-shaped inclosing casing, a plurality of reversely-benttapered pipes having liquid admission months at one end through saidclosure, and smaller discharge months at the other end through the topwall of said central chamber, and a plurality of ribs below said conefrustum closure and between the said. central chamber and said outerinclosing casing, substantially as described.

FRANK NOlVAK,

Nitnesses:

WALTER M. FULLER, ALLEN W. Moons.

